When Apple gave up on using feline names for operating systems, it’s probably true that some Mac users were skeptical about how OS 10.9 Mavericks would turn out. Was this the sign of a new direction for Apple, or just a decision about nicknames? For the most part, I expect the latter. Compared to Lion […]

In the old days, when I was young and foolish, I’d upgrade my desktop Mac every two years. Foolish? Well, it’s a sure thing that there was probably a healthy performance boost, not to mention a larger hard drive. Since I could get a decent return on selling my old Mac, the net cost wasn’t […]

Apple is great about setting expectations. So recent OS X releases have each had over 200 new features. Why not 150? Why not 300? Well, evidently 200 sends the appropriate marketing message, although the numbers might be fudged just a little bit. Certainly, if you look at the full feature sets of Lion and Mountain […]

When Apple’s Craig Federighi gave a relatively short but highly-praised demonstration of OS X Mavericks at this week’s WWDC, I had to ask, “Is that all there is?” You see, Apple has traditionally promised over 200 new features with recent OS X upgrades. Here there are a few dozen at most, including the backend features, […]